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Cappadocian Greek
Etymology
From Armenian քար (kʻar).
Noun
καρά (kará)
- a small stone, with which larger stones are fixed in place
Related terms
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “քար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 559b
- Dawkins, R. M. (1916) Modern Greek in Asia Minor: A study of dialect of Silly, Cappadocia and Pharasa, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 607a
- Karolídis, Pávlos (1885) Γλωσσάριον συγκριτικόν ελληνοκαππαδοκικών λέξεων (in Greek), Smyrna: O Týpos, page 85
- Karolídis, Pávlos (1885) Γλωσσάριον συγκριτικόν ελληνοκαππαδοκικών λέξεων (in Greek), Smyrna: O Týpos, page 167